Manoku island / Betio Island / Gilbert Islands / Red Beaches / Banaba Ocean Island / Hopper Island / Betio / Roger Simpson Island / British coast / Abemama Island / Red Beach / Makin Island / Liscome Bay / Tebanga island / /
Organization
Assistant Division / Special Base Force / 51st Guard Force / United States Navy / 6th Marine Regiment / 27th Infantry Division / Army / United States Marine Corps / 2nd Marine Division / /
Person
James L. Jones / Makin andTarawa / Hermle / Force / Clyde A. Thomason / Rear-Admiral Keiji Shibazaki / Makin Atoll / Makin Makin Atoll (Butaritari) / Honor / David Shoup / Makin Island / /
Position
Captain / Colonel / Brigadier General / Sergeant / commander / General Hermle / commander of the 2nd Marine Regimental Combat Team / Lieutenant Colonel / /
Recent World War II history is apparent on few of islands of Kiribati particularly Tarawa, Makin (now called Butaritari) and Abemama in the Gilbert group, and Banaba Ocean Island. The Gilbert Atolls did not feel the impact of World War II until the Japanese entered the Pacific